Matthew 21:23-23:39
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z And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him a as he was teaching, and said, b "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
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Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John, c from where did it come? d From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, e 'Why then did you not believe him?'
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But if we say, 'From man,' f we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was g a prophet."
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So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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h "What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in i the vineyard today.'
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And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he j changed his mind and went.
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And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, 'I go, sir,' but did not go.
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Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, k the tax collectors and l the prostitutes go into m the kingdom of God before you.
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For John came to you n in the way of righteousness, and o you did not believe him, but p the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward j change your minds and believe him.
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q "Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted r a vineyard s and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and t leased it to tenants, and u went into another country.
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When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants t to get his fruit.
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v And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and w stoned another.
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x Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
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Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, y 'This is the heir. Come, z let us kill him and have his inheritance.'
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And they took him and a threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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b When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
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They said to him, c "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and d let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."
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Jesus said to them, e "Have you never read in the Scriptures:
f "'The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
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Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God g will be taken away from you and given to a people h producing its fruits.
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And i the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and j when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
46
And l although they were seeking to arrest him, m they feared the crowds, because they held him to be n a prophet.
Matthew 22
1
And again Jesus o spoke to them in parables, saying,
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p "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave q a wedding feast for his son,
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and r sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
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s Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my t dinner, u my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'
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But v they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,
6
while the rest seized his servants, w treated them shamefully, and x killed them.
7
The king was angry, and he sent his troops and y destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not z worthy.
9
Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'
10
And those servants went out into the roads and b gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11
"But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there c a man who had no wedding garment.
12
And he said to him, d 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.
13
Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and e cast him into the outer darkness. In that place e there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
14
For many are f called, but few are f chosen."
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g Then the Pharisees went and plotted how h to entangle him in his words.
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And they sent i their disciples to him, along with j the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, k we know that you are true and teach l the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for m you are not swayed by appearances.
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Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay n taxes to o Caesar, or not?"
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But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why p put me to the test, you hypocrites?
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Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.
20
And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"
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They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, q "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
22
When they heard it, they marveled. And they r left him and went away.
23
The same day s Sadducees came to him, t who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
24
saying, "Teacher, Moses said, u 'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.'
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
26
So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
27
After them all, the woman died.
28
In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her."
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But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, v because you know neither the Scriptures nor w the power of God.
30
For in the resurrection they neither x marry nor x are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31
And as for the resurrection of the dead, y have you not read what was said to you by God:
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z 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."
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And when the crowd heard it, a they were astonished at his teaching.
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b But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced c the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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d And one of them, e a lawyer, asked him a question f to test him.
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"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"
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And he said to him, g "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
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This is the great and first commandment.
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And h a second is like it: i You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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j On these two commandments depend k all the Law and the Prophets."
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l Now while the Pharisees m were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
42
saying, "What do you think about n the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, n "The son of David."
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He said to them, "How is it then that David, o in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,
44
p "'The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet'?
45
If then David calls him Lord, q how is he his son?"
46
r And no one was able to answer him a word, s nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Matthew 23
1
Then Jesus t said to the crowds and to his disciples,
2
u "The scribes and the Pharisees v sit on Moses' seat,
3
so practice and observe whatever they tell you - w but not what they do. x For they preach, but do not practice.
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y They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
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t They do all their deeds z to be seen by others. For they make a their phylacteries broad and b their fringes long,
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and they c love the place of honor at feasts and d the best seats in the synagogues
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and d greetings in e the marketplaces and being called f rabbi by others.
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g But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are h all brothers.
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i And call no man your father on earth, for j you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10
Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, k the Christ.
11
l The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12
m Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13
"But woe n to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you o shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you p neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single q proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a r child of s hell as yourselves.
16
"Woe to t you, u blind guides, who say, v 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or w the temple that has made the gold sacred?
18
And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by x the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'
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You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or y the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20
So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21
And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by z him who dwells in it.
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And whoever swears by a heaven swears by b the throne of God and by c him who sits upon it.
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d "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For e you tithe mint and dill and f cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: g justice and mercy and faithfulness. h These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
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You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing i a camel!
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j "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For k you clean the outside of l the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of m greed and self-indulgence.
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You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of l the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
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n "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like o whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and p all uncleanness.
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So you also q outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of r hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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s "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
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saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
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Thus you witness against yourselves that you are t sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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u Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
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You serpents, v you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to w hell?
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x Therefore y I send you z prophets and wise men and a scribes, b some of whom you will kill and crucify, and b some you will c flog in your synagogues and d persecute from town to town,
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so that on you may come all e the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent f Abel to the blood of g Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between h the sanctuary and i the altar.
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Truly, I say to you, j all these things will come upon this generation.
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k "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that l kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have m gathered n your children together o as a hen gathers her brood p under her wings, and q you would not!
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See, r your house is left to you desolate.
39
For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, s 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
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Matthew 21:23 - 27
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?
Mark 11:27 - 33
And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him.
Luke 20:1 - 8
One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
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Matthew 26:55
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.
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Exodus 2:14
He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known.
John 1:25
They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
Acts 4:7
And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?
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Matthew 21:23 - 27
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?
Mark 11:27 - 33
And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him.
Luke 20:1 - 8
One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
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Matthew 13:54
And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
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Luke 15:18
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
Luke 15:21
And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
John 3:27
John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
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Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
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Matthew 21:46
And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
Matthew 14:5
And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
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John 5:35
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Matthew 11:9
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
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Matthew 17:25
He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?
Matthew 18:12
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
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Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
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Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
Matthew 27:3
Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
Hebrews 7:21
But this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'
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Luke 7:29
( When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
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Luke 7:37 - 50
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment.
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Matthew 12:28
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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Matthew 3:8 - 12
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.
Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice.
2 Peter 2:21
For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
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Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?
Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.
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Luke 3:12 - 13
Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?
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Matthew 21:29
And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went.
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Matthew 21:33 - 46
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Mark 12:1 - 12
And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
Luke 20:9 - 19
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.
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Matthew 21:28
"What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
Psalms 80:8
You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
Isaiah 5:1
Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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Isaiah 5:2
He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
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Song of Solomon 8:11 - 12
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
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Matthew 25:14 - 15
For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.
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Matthew 21:33 - 46
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Mark 12:1 - 12
And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
Luke 20:9 - 18
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.
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Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great i...
Matthew 22:6
While the rest seized his servants, treated the...
Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and ...
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the...
2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them b...
2 Chronicles 36:15 - 16
The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persis...
Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelle...
Jeremiah 37:15
And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and...
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cis...
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not pers...
2 Corinthians 11:24 - 26
Five times I received at the hands of the Jews ...
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets...
Hebrews 11:36 - 37
Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even ...
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2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
John 10:31 - 33
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
Acts 7:59
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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Matthew 22:4
Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.
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Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
John 1:11
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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1 Kings 21:19
And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the Lord : "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'
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Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
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Matthew 24:50
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know
Matthew 25:19
Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
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Luke 19:27
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'
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Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
Acts 28:28
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
Matthew 8:11 - 12
I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 21:16
And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
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Acts 4:11
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.
1 Peter 2:7
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Psalms 118:22 - 23
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Psalms 118:22 - 23
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Luke 14:24
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'
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Matthew 3:10
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Isaiah 5:4
What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
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Isaiah 8:14 - 15
And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Romans 9:32 - 33
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone.
1 Peter 2:8
And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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Daniel 2:34 - 35
As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Daniel 2:44 - 45
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
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Mark 11:18
And the chief priests and the scribes heard it ...
Luke 19:47 - 48
And he was teaching daily in the temple. The ch...
John 7:25
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said,...
John 7:30
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one ...
John 7:44
Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one l...
Matthew 26:4
And plotted together in order to arrest Jesus b...
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Matthew 21:26
But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.
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Matthew 21:11
And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
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Matthew 13:34
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.
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Matthew 22:2 - 14
The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
Luke 14:16 - 24
But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.
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Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready.
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Esther 6:14
While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.
Proverbs 9:3
She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town.
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
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Matthew 21:36
Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
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Luke 11:38
The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
John 21:12
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
John 21:15
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs.
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Proverbs 9:2
She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
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Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard.
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Luke 18:32
For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
Acts 14:5
When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Matthew 21:41
They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.
Luke 19:27
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.
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Matthew 10:11
And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.
Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Revelation 3:4
Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
Luke 20:35
But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
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Matthew 13:47
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.
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Revelation 19:8
It was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure" - for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
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Matthew 20:13
But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Matthew 26:50
Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you came to do." Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
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Matthew 8:12
While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 8:12
While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Revelation 17:14
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.
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Revelation 17:14
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.
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Matthew 22:15 - 32
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
Mark 12:13 - 27
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Luke 20:20 - 38
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
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Luke 11:54
Lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.
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Matthew 22:15 - 32
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.
Mark 12:13 - 27
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
Luke 20:20 - 38
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
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Mark 2:18
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?
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Mark 3:6
The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
Mark 8:15
And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
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John 3:2
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.
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Acts 18:26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Acts 13:10
And said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
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Acts 10:34
So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality.
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Matthew 17:25
He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?
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Luke 2:1
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene.
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John 8:6
This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
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Romans 13:7
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
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Mark 12:12
And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
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Matthew 22:34
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenc...
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Saddu...
Matthew 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to te...
Acts 4:1
And as they were speaking to the people, the pr...
Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up, and all who were w...
Acts 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadd...
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Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Acts 4:2
Greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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John 20:9
For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
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1 Corinthians 6:14
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
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Matthew 24:38
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Matthew 24:38
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Matthew 21:16
And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
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Acts 7:32
I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
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Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
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Matthew 7:28
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching.
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Matthew 22:34 - 40
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
Mark 12:28 - 33
And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?
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Matthew 22:23
The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question.
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Matthew 22:34 - 40
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
Mark 12:28 - 33
And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?
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Luke 10:25 - 28
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
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Matthew 22:18
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
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Luke 10:27
And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
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1 John 4:21
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Matthew 19:19
Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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Matthew 7:12
So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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Matthew 22:41 - 45
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question.
Mark 12:35 - 37
And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Luke 20:41 - 44
But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
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Matthew 22:34
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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Matthew 22:41 - 45
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question.
Mark 12:35 - 37
And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Luke 20:41 - 44
But he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is David's son?
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Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew 1:17
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
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Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew 1:17
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
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Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
Revelation 4:2
At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.
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Acts 2:34 - 35
For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand.
Hebrews 1:13
And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
Psalms 110:1
The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
1 Corinthians 15:25
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
Hebrews 10:13
Waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.
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Psalms 110:1
The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
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Romans 1:3 - 4
Concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
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Luke 14:6
And they could not reply to these things.
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Mark 12:34
And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Luke 20:40
For they no longer dared to ask him any question.
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Matthew 23:1 - 2
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples.
Matthew 23:5 - 7
They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
Mark 12:38 - 39
And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
Luke 20:45 - 46
And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples.
Luke 11:43
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
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Matthew 23:1 - 2
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples.
Matthew 23:5 - 7
They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
Mark 12:38 - 40
And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
Luke 20:45 - 46
And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples.
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Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
Ezra 7:10
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
Ezra 7:25
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And those who do not know them, you shall teach.
Nehemiah 8:4
And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.
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Deuteronomy 17:10 - 11
Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the Lord will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you.
John 9:28 - 29
And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
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Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 15:3 - 13
He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
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Romans 2:17 - 23
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
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Luke 11:46
And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
Matthew 11:28 - 30
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Acts 15:10
Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
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Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples.
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Matthew 6:1
Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:16
And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
John 5:44
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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Exodus 13:9
And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:8
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy 11:18
You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
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Matthew 9:20
And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment.
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Luke 14:7 - 8
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them.
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Luke 11:43
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
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Matthew 23:6
And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
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Matthew 11:16
But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates.
Matthew 20:3
And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
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John 1:38
Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?
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James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
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Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
Philemon 1:16
No longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother - especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:4
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not being merely human?
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Matthew 6:9
Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Malachi 1:6
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
Matthew 7:11
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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Matthew 1:17
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
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Matthew 20:26
It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant.
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Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled...
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house jus...
Matthew 18:4
Whoever humbles himself like this child is the ...
Proverbs 29:23
One's pride will bring him low, but he who is l...
Ezekiel 21:26
Thus says the Lord God : Remove the turban and ...
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "Go...
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will ...
1 Peter 5:5 - 6
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to th...
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Luke 11:52
Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.
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Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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Matthew 5:20
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
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Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome.
Acts 6:5
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
Acts 13:43
And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
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John 17:12
While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
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Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
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Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.
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Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold...
Matthew 23:19
You blind men! For which is greater, the gift o...
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of t...
John 9:39 - 41
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this worl...
Romans 2:19
And if you are sure that you yourself are a gui...
2 Peter 1:9
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsig...
Revelation 3:17
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I...
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Matthew 5:33 - 35
"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
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Exodus 30:29
You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.
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Matthew 5:23
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you.
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Exodus 29:37
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
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1 Kings 8:13
I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.
Psalms 26:8
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
Psalms 132:14
This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
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Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?
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Matthew 5:34
But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God.
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Revelation 4:2
At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
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Luke 11:42
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
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Deuteronomy 14:22
You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.
Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.
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Isaiah 28:25
When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border?
Isaiah 28:27
Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
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Psalms 33:5
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Zechariah 7:9
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another.
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1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
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Matthew 19:24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 23:25 - 28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Matthew 15:11 - 20
It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.
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Luke 11:39 - 40
And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
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Mark 7:4
And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
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Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.
Luke 20:47
Who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.
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Matthew 23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
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Luke 11:44
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.
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Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?
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Ephesians 5:3
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
Numbers 19:16
Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
2 Kings 23:16
And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.
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Matthew 23:5
They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
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Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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Luke 11:47 - 48
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
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Acts 7:51 - 52
You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
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Genesis 15:16
And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
Daniel 8:23
And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 - 16
Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind
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Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
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Matthew 23:34 - 36
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Luke 11:49 - 51
Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.
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Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over t...
Mark 13:9
But be on your guard. For they will deliver you...
Luke 21:12
But before all this they will lay their hands o...
Acts 22:19
And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in...
Acts 26:11
And I punished them often in all the synagogues...
Luke 12:11
And when they bring you before the synagogues a...
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.
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Genesis 4:4
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.
Genesis 4:8
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying.
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Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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Exodus 40:6
You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
2 Kings 16:14
And the bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
Ezekiel 40:47
And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, a square. And the altar was in front of the temple.
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Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 16:28
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew 24:34
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
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Matthew 23:37 - 39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 13:34 - 35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 19:41 - 44
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Psalms 147:2
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded.
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Luke 23:28
But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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Deuteronomy 32:11 - 12
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions.
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Ruth 2:12
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!
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John 5:40
Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
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Matthew 23:37 - 39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 13:34 - 35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
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Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
Jeremiah 22:5
But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
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Matthew 21:9
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Psalms 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
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Psalms 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.
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